Old bat gets a new nameThe Mortlock Islands flying fox, a species threatened by climate change and rising sea levels, is one of the world's least studied bats. A study published today in the journal ZooKeys, led by Dr. Don Buden at the ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/pp-obg102913.php- 46.8KB - Public Press Releases

Scientists shine light on world's least-studied batThe Mortlock Islands flying fox, a large, breadfruit-eating bat native to a few remote and tiny Pacific islands, has long been regarded as one of the world's least studied bats. Today, in a paper in the open-access ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/s-ssl102913.php- 47.8KB - Public Press Releases

A beetle named Marco PoloA team of Chinese and Italian scientists has joined efforts to provide a key to the understudied phaleratus group of blister beetles. During their research the scientists have also discovered a new species from the ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-12/pp-abn121614.php- 44.9KB - Public Press Releases

'Non-echolocating' fruit bats actually do echolocate, with wing clicksIn a discovery that overturns conventional wisdom about bats, researchers reporting in Current Biology have found that Old World fruit bats -- long classified as 'non-echolocating' -- actually do use a rudimentary form ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-12/cp-fb112414.php- 48.7KB - Public Press Releases

A tiny new species of frog from Brazil with a heroic nameMolecular analysis helps scientists discover and describe a tiny new species of narrow-mouthed frog from the genus Chiasmocleis. The news species, Chiasmocleis quilombola is named after the quilombos -- communities ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/pp-atn072414.php- 46.1KB - Public Press Releases

What's in a name?Standardized scientific names for biological species have been in use for nearly 300 years, but -- as global biodiversity databases grow deficiencies such as duplication and various name meanings become obvious. A new ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/pp-wia062414.php- 48.0KB - Public Press Releases

Tiny bush tiger from Rwanda: A new species of praying mantisScientists describe a new species of praying mantis, Dystacta tigrifrutex, or the bush tiger mantis from Rwanda's mountainous Nyungwe National Park. The wingless females, adapted for catching prey in the undergrowth ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-05/pp-tbt051614.php- 47.6KB - Public Press Releases

Ancient giant sperm discovered at Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil SitePreserved giant sperm from tiny shrimps that lived about 17 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site in Queensland by a team including UNSW Australia researchers. They are the ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-05/uons-ags051214.php- 47.9KB - Public Press Releases